London 2012: Ten best of the web

Oscar Pistorius, ticketing guides and Visa’s new Olympics ad 490 days to go As promised , here is this week’s selection of the best London 2012 Olympics content on the web (please add links below the line or send via email or Twitter . 1. Top 10 Olympic travel tips from Diamon Geezer . He also has a pretty good ticket guide (Via Owen Gibson ) 2. There’s an (unofficial) app for that . 3. Visa has a London 2012 ad featuring plenty of Olympic stars. Eat your heart out Mastercard. Oliver Holt in the Mirror had this to say about it. (Via Penny Woods ) 4. Worried about staying in London during the Games? Matt Beard of the London Evening Standard reports: “Top hotel chains in crisis talks with 2012 Olympics organisers over ‘rip-off’ re-sale packages.” 5. Have you looked at the terms and conditions of Olympic Tickets ? Nick Pearce did and here’s what he found . 6. Oscar Pistorius’ dream of running in theOlympic Games at London 2012 moved a step closer when the South African set a new personal best, just 0.06 seconds short of the ‘A’ standard needed for automatic Olympic qualification, reports the BBC . 7. Want to know more about the BOA v Locog row? This piece by Alan Hubbard uses boxing metaphors to explain. (Via Owen Gibson again) 8. The mountain-biking arena is ready . 9. Should handball be an Olympic sport? There was a brief but entertaining below the line debate on our Watching The Games series . 10. For 2012 refuseniks, here’s an apposite cartoon from the Daily Telegraph’s Matt . (Via Chei Amlani ) Please share your thoughts or more links below the line or send via email or Twitter . Olympic Games 2012 Olympics 2012: Handball Steve Busfield guardian.co.uk

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